Joel Asaph Allen* (1838-07-19 - 1921-08-29) person
American zoologist, mammalogist, and ornithologist. He studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard, and participated in the 1865-1866 Thayer Expedition to Brazil. In 1885, he became the first curator of birds and fishes at the American Museum of Natural History.
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- Joel Asaph Allen
- Joel Asaph Allen (preferred)
- Allen, J. A. (author)
- J. A. Allen (second author)
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- Orn (1413 records) in years 1858-1961
- Mamm (366 records) in years 1860-1910
- Herp (234 records) in years 1862-1886
- Ich (183 records) in years 1862-1871
- Mala (98 records) in years 1862-1915
- Ent (74 records) in years 1867-1873
- IZ (37 records) in years 1864-1879
- IP (35 records) in years 1864-2022
- VP (4 records) in year 1863
Range of years collected is greater than 80 (1858-2022)
Collecting Event Map
- Actinopterygii: Amiidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Amphibia: Ambystomatidae (34 records) none known to year
- Amphibia: Bufonidae (21 records) in years 1869-1886
- Amphibia: Hylidae (49 records) in years 1862-1869
- Amphibia: Leptodactylidae (7 records) in year 1865
- Amphibia: Pelobatidae (1 record) in year 1868
- Amphibia: Plethodontidae (12 records) in year 1869
- Amphibia: Ranidae (14 records) in years 1864-1871
- Amphibia: Salamandridae (15 records) none known to year
- Amphibia: [no family] (7 records) in year 1869
- Aves: Accipitridae (32 records) in years 1862-1872
- Aves: Alaudidae (3 records) in years 1867-1882
- Aves: Alcedinidae (5 records) in years 1862-1871
- Aves: Anatidae (9 records) in years 1862-1869
- Aves: Apodidae (26 records) in years 1862-1882
- Aves: Aramidae (3 records) in year 1869
- Aves: Ardeidae (17 records) in years 1862-1869
- Aves: Bombycillidae (9 records) in years 1862-1863
- Aves: Caprimulgidae (17 records) in years 1862-1871
- Aves: Cardinalidae (2 records) in year 1862
- Aves: Cariamidae (1 record) in year 1865
- Aves: Cathartidae (6 records) in year 1869
- Aves: Certhiidae (5 records) in years 1862-1863
- Aves: Charadriidae (22 records) in years 1862-1882
- Aves: Ciconiidae (2 records) in year 1869
- Aves: Columbidae (21 records) in years 1862-1871
- Aves: Corvidae (41 records) in years 1862-1961
- Aves: Cuculidae (8 records) in years 1862-1863
- Aves: Dendrocolaptidae (2 records) none known to year
- Aves: Emberizidae (226 records) in years 1858-1893
- Aves: Falconidae (18 records) in years 1863-1871
- Aves: Formicariidae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Fringillidae (21 records) in years 1862-1882
- Aves: Grallinidae (3 records) in year 1862
- Aves: Gruidae (3 records) in year 1869
- Aves: Hirundinidae (23 records) in years 1862-1869
- Aves: Hydrobatidae (8 records) in year 1865
- Aves: Icteridae (110 records) in years 1862-1882
- Aves: Laniidae (4 records) in years 1867-1868
- Aves: Laridae (57 records) in years 1865-1871
- Aves: Meleagrididae (2 records) in year 1869
- Aves: Mimidae (23 records) in years 1862-1882
- Aves: Motacillidae (3 records) in years 1867-1869
- Aves: Muscicapidae (67 records) in years 1862-1882
- Aves: Paridae (16 records) in years 1862-1869
- Aves: Parulidae (188 records) in years 1862-1893
- Aves: Phalacrocoracidae (11 records) in years 1865-1871
- Aves: Phalaropodidae (15 records) in year 1871
- Aves: Phasianidae (22 records) in years 1863-1869
- Aves: Picidae (62 records) in years 1862-1882
- Aves: Pipridae (2 records) in year 1865
- Aves: Podicipedidae (6 records) in year 1871
- Aves: Psittacidae (3 records) in years 1865-1869
- Aves: Rallidae (12 records) in years 1868-1871
- Aves: Recurvirostridae (30 records) in year 1871
- Aves: Rynchopidae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Scolopacidae (62 records) in years 1862-1871
- Aves: Sittidae (10 records) in years 1862-1869
- Aves: Stercorariidae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Strigidae (11 records) in years 1866-1871
- Aves: Sulidae (2 records) in year 1865
- Aves: Sylviidae (7 records) in years 1862-1869
- Aves: Tetraonidae (5 records) in year 1862
- Aves: Threskiornithidae (2 records) in year 1869
- Aves: Trochilidae (12 records) in year 1862
- Aves: Troglodytidae (20 records) in years 1862-1882
- Aves: Trogonidae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Tyrannidae (59 records) in years 1862-1882
- Aves: Vireonidae (21 records) in years 1862-1882
- Aves: [no family] (32 records) in years 1862-1865
- Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae (1 record) in year 1902
- Bivalvia: Myidae (1 record) in year 1902
- Bivalvia: Mytilidae (2 records) in years 1902-1915
- Bivalvia: Pharidae (1 record) in year 1915
- Bivalvia: Pholadidae (1 record) in year 1902
- Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae (1 record) in year 1871
- Bivalvia: Spondylidae (1 record) in year 1904
- Bivalvia: Unionidae (21 records) in years 1869-1914
- Bivalvia: Veneridae (1 record) none known to year
- Branchiopoda: Artemiidae (1 record) in year 1871
- Cephalopoda: [no family] (4 records) none known to year
- Chilopoda: Scolopendridae (3 records) in year 1879
- Chilopoda: Scolopocryptopidae (1 record) in year 1867
- Chondrichthyes: Ctenacanthidae (3 records) none known to year
- Diplopoda: Abacionidae (1 record) in year 1867
- Diplopoda: Euryuridae (1 record) in year 1867
- Diplopoda: Spirobolidae (1 record) in year 1867
- Diplopoda: Xystodesmidae (1 record) in year 1867
- Gastropoda: Acmaeidae (2 records) in year 1915
- Gastropoda: Ampullariidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Cerionidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Discidae (5 records) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Ellobiidae (2 records) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Gastrodontidae (7 records) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Haplotrematidae (2 records) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Helicidae (1 record) in year 1862
- Gastropoda: Helminthoglyptidae (1 record) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae (2 records) in year 1871
- Gastropoda: Littorinidae (2 records) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae (5 records) in years 1862-1871
- Gastropoda: Muricidae (2 records) in year 1915
- Gastropoda: Naticidae (1 record) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Physidae (1 record) in year 1862
- Gastropoda: Planorbidae (4 records) in years 1862-1902
- Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae (2 records) in years 1902-1915
- Gastropoda: Polygyridae (12 records) in years 1869-1905
- Gastropoda: Pristilomatidae (1 record) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Pupillidae (4 records) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Spiraxidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Gastropoda: Subulinidae (1 record) in year 1903
- Gastropoda: Succineidae (1 record) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Thiaridae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Turritellidae (2 records) in year 2022
- Gastropoda: Viviparidae (2 records) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: Zonitidae (3 records) in year 1902
- Gastropoda: [no family] (1 record) in year 1869
- Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae (1 record) in year 1871
- Insecta: Hesperiidae (13 records) in years 1867-1873
- Insecta: Lycaenidae (17 records) in years 1867-1873
- Insecta: Nymphalidae (26 records) in years 1867-1873
- Insecta: Papilionidae (4 records) in year 1869
- Insecta: Pieridae (13 records) in years 1867-1873
- Insecta: Riodinidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Malacostraca: Astacidae (3 records) in year 1871
- Malacostraca: Cambaridae (12 records) in years 1864-1871
- Malacostraca: Gammaridae (1 record) in year 1867
- Malacostraca: Grapsidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Malacostraca: Majidae (1 record) none known to year
- Malacostraca: Ocypodidae (3 records) in years 1868-1869
- Malacostraca: Porcellionidae (1 record) none known to year
- Malacostraca: Sesarmidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Malacostraca: Sphaeromatidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Malacostraca: Talitridae (1 record) in year 1869
- Malacostraca: Xanthidae (1 record) none known to year
- Mammalia: Balaenopteridae (1 record) none known to year
- Mammalia: Bovidae (1 record) none known to year
- Mammalia: Callitrichidae (4 records) none known to year
- Mammalia: Canidae (3 records) none known to year
- Mammalia: Caviidae (2 records) none known to year
- Mammalia: Cebidae (3 records) none known to year
- Mammalia: Cervidae (1 record) none known to year
- Mammalia: Cricetidae (98 records) in years 1860-1873
- Mammalia: Dasypodidae (3 records) none known to year
- Mammalia: Dasyproctidae (13 records) none known to year
- Mammalia: Didelphidae (8 records) in year 1869
- Mammalia: Dipodidae (5 records) in year 1864
- Mammalia: Emballonuridae (1 record) none known to year
- Mammalia: Erethizontidae (1 record) none known to year
- Mammalia: Felidae (5 records) in year 1864
- Mammalia: Geomyidae (12 records) in years 1867-1873
- Mammalia: Heteromyidae (1 record) in year 1873
- Mammalia: Leporidae (7 records) in year 1869
- Mammalia: Mephitidae (1 record) none known to year
- Mammalia: Molossidae (15 records) in year 1865
- Mammalia: Muridae (16 records) in years 1864-1868
- Mammalia: Mustelidae (5 records) none known to year
- Mammalia: Phyllostomatidae (13 records) in year 1865
- Mammalia: Procyonidae (5 records) in year 1869
- Mammalia: Sciuridae (70 records) in years 1864-1910
- Mammalia: Soricidae (5 records) in years 1865-1868
- Mammalia: Talpidae (4 records) in year 1864
- Mammalia: Vespertilionidae (30 records) in years 1867-1873
- Mammalia: Zapodidae (2 records) none known to year
- Mammalia: [no family] (31 records) in years 1864-1870
- Osteichthyes: Anguillidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Osteichthyes: Anostomidae (14 records) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Ariidae (3 records) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Auchenipteridae (2 records) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Carangidae (1 record) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Catostomidae (8 records) in year 1871
- Osteichthyes: Centrarchidae (17 records) in years 1862-1871
- Osteichthyes: Characidae (22 records) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Clupeidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Osteichthyes: Cottidae (6 records) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Cyclopteridae (1 record) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae (35 records) in years 1862-1871
- Osteichthyes: Doradidae (1 record) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Engraulidae (5 records) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Erythrinidae (2 records) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Esocidae (1 record) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Fundulidae (2 records) in year 1869
- Osteichthyes: Gobiidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Osteichthyes: Gymnotidae (1 record) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Haemulidae (1 record) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Ictaluridae (5 records) in years 1862-1869
- Osteichthyes: Loricariidae (3 records) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Mugilidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Osteichthyes: Paralichthyidae (1 record) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Percidae (1 record) in year 1862
- Osteichthyes: Pimelodidae (13 records) in year 1865
- Osteichthyes: Pleuronectidae (1 record) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Poeciliidae (2 records) in year 1869
- Osteichthyes: Salmonidae (8 records) in years 1862-1871
- Osteichthyes: Sciaenidae (11 records) in years 1865-1869
- Osteichthyes: Syngnathidae (1 record) none known to year
- Osteichthys: Zoarcidae (1 record) none known to year
- Placodermi: Ptyctodontidae (1 record) in year 1863
- Polychaeta: Pectinariidae (1 record) none known to year
- Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae (1 record) none known to year
- Reptilia: Alligatoridae (4 records) in year 1869
- Reptilia: Amphisbaenidae (1 record) none known to year
- Reptilia: Aniliidae (1 record) none known to year
- Reptilia: Colubridae (31 records) in years 1863-1871
- Reptilia: Emydidae (16 records) in years 1869-1871
- Reptilia: Iguanidae (11 records) in year 1869
- Reptilia: Kinosternidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Reptilia: Leptotyphlopidae (1 record) none known to year
- Reptilia: Scincidae (2 records) in year 1869
- Reptilia: Teiidae (1 record) in year 1869
- Reptilia: Trionychidae (2 records) none known to year
- Reptilia: Viperidae (2 records) in year 1869
- Reptilia: [no family] (1 record) in year 1869
- Rhynchonellata: Orthidae (1 record) none known to year
- Rhynchonellata: Platystrophiidae (4 records) in year 1864
- : [no family] (35 records) in years 1865-1869
- Not a preparator of any material in MCZbase
- 170 identifications for 170 Mammalogy cataloged items
- 562 identifications for 562 Ornithology cataloged items
- 1 identifications for 1 Vertebrate Paleontology cataloged items
- Allen, J. A. 1896. Descriptions of new North American mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 8:233–240.
- Allen, J. A. 2010. The Recent species of the genera Limatula and Limea (Bivalvia, Limacea) present in the Atlantic, with particular reference to those in deep water. Journal of Natural History 38(20):2591–2653. doi: 10.1080/00222930310001647442. 1 citation
- Allen, J. A. 1890. A review of some of the North American ground squirrels of the genus Tamias. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 3:45–116. 1 citation
- Allen, J. A. 1876. Description of some remains of the extinct species of wolf and an extinct species of deer from the Lead Region of the Upper Mississippi. American Journal of Science and Arts, Series 3, 11(61):47–51.
- Allen, J. A. 1914. Review of the genus Microsciurus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:145–165.
- Allen, J. A. 1876. List of Birds Collected by Mr. Charles Linden, near Santarem, Brazil. Bulletin of the Essex Institute 8(8):78–83. 1 citation
- Allen, J. A. 1885. On an extinct type of dog from Ely Cave, Lee County, Virginia. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 10(2):1–13. 1 citation
- Allen, J. A. 1881. List of mammals collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in northeastern Mexico, with field-notes by the collector. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 8(9):183–189. 1 citation
- Allen, J. A. 1892. On a small collection of mammals from the Galápagos Islands, collected by Dr. G. Baur. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 4:47–50. 2 citations
- Allen, J. A. 1874. On geological variation in color among North American squirrels; with a list of the species and varieties of the American Sciuridae occurring north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16:276–295. 30 citations
- Allen, J. A. and H. Sanders. 1973. Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia); the families Siliculidae and Lametilidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 145(6):263–309. 12 citations
- Allen, J. A. 1875. Synopsis of the American Leporidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 17:430–436.
- Allen, J. A. 1903. Report on the mammals collected in northeastern Siberia by the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, with itinerary and field notes, by N. G. Buxton. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(4):101–184. 2 citations
- Sanders, H. and J. A. Allen. 1973. Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia); prologue and the Pristiglomidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 145(5):237–261. 4 citations
- Allen, J. A. 1880. List of the birds of the Island of Santa Lucia, West Indies. Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 5(3):163–169. 7 citations
- Allen, J. A. 1875. On a new subspecies of Ammodramus caudacutus. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 17:292–294. 2 citations
- Allen, J. A. 1891. Notes on new or little-known North American mammals, based on recent additions to the collection of mammals in the American Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 3:263–310. 2 citations
- Allen, J. A. 1872. Notes of an ornithological reconnaissance of portions of Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 3(6):113–183. 1 citation
- Allen, J. A. 1878. XIX. Description of a fossil passerine bird from the insect-bearing shales of Colorado. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(2):443–445. 1 citation
- Allen, J. A. and H. Sanders. 1982. Studies on the deep-sea Protobranchia; The subfamily Spinulinae (family Nuculanidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 150(1):1–30.
- Coues, E. and J. A. Allen. 1877. Monographs of North American Rodentia. Vol. 11. Government Printing Office, Washington. 1091 pp. 6 citations
- Allen, J. A. 1871. On the mammals and winter birds of east Florida with an examination of certain assumed specific characters in birds, and a sketch of the bird fauna of eastern North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 2(3):161–450.
- Allen, J. A. 1876. The American bisons, living and extinct. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 4(10):1–246.
- Sanders, H. and J. A. Allen. 1977. Studies on the deep sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia); the family Tindariidae and the genus Pseudotindaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 148(2):23–59.
- Allen, J. A. 1889. List of the birds collected in Bolivia by Dr. H. H. Rusby, with field notes by the collector. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2(7):77–112. 1 citation
- Allen, J. A. 1869. Catalogue of the mammals of Massachusetts; with a critical revision of the species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1(8):143–252.
- Allen, J. A. and C. Bryant. 1870. On the eared seals (Otariadae), with detailed descriptions of the North Pacific species. Together with an account of the habits of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 2(1):1–108.
- Allen, J. A., A. E. Agassiz, and S. W. Garman. 1876. Exploration of Lake Titicaca - List of Mammals and Birds. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 3(15):349–359. 17 citations
- Allen, J. A. 1877. Sciuridae. United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Vol. 11. Government Printing Office, Washington. p. 631–939. 1 citation
- Allen, J. A. 1878. Description of a fossil passerine Bird from the insectbearing shales of Colorado. American Journal of Science, Series 3, 15(89):381–384. 1 citation